BYM

BYM

See also: bym

English

Noun

BYM (plural BYMs)

1. Initialism of bright young man.
   • 1941, Fletcher Pratt, America and Total War (page 202)

     The officer whose division gets one is marked in his superior's books as a bright young man who will get attention when promotions come round, and the crew under the b.y.m. gets a ten-dollar bonus apiece and a chance to crow.

   • 1983, Robert McCrum, In the Secret State (page 88)

     "You're terribly successful, you see, the BYM of the Directorate."
     "BYM?"
     "Bright Young Man." She emphasized the words carefully, looking straight at him.